Toona sinensis 'Flamingo'
Small Chinese tree with long pinnate leaves. From bright pink in the spring over cream to summer green and coppery gold in the fall. Young shoots are edible and used in Chinese medicine against diabetes and cancer.
Use in the garden
- use: kitchen
botanical information
Features
| height: | 300-500 cm |
| flowering: | June - July |
| color: | white, cream |
| leaf color: | green, pink |
| habit: | wide, ascending |
| growth: | medium |
| level: | moderate |
| light: | full sun, sunny |
| moisture: | average, moist |
| soil texture: | normal |
| organic matter: | normal, high |
| pH: | acid, neutral, limy |
| winter zone: | 7 [-15°C] |
| density: | 1 - 2 |
